man ugen error

Thomas Mueller mueller6727 at bellsouth.net
Thu Dec 1 10:49:37 UTC 2011


> On Wednesday 30 November 2011 11:24:39 Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > According to ugen man page, ugen can be compiled into the kernel with
> > device ugen
> > in config file.

> > I tried that in the kernel config when upgrading from FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 to
> > RC2, but the kernel build stopped quickly with the message that ugen was
> > not valid.  After removing that line from kernel config, "make kernel" was
> > successful.

> > I didn't find "device ugen" anywhere in the conf/NOTES or conf/GENERIC
> > files.

> > I hope this man page error can be fixed in time for FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE.
 
> FYI: "device ugen" is now part of "device usb"
         
> Could you send me a manpage diff?
        
--HPS

What version of FreeBSD do you run?  Do you not have a ugen manpage?  Can you run "man ugen"?

I have the manpages for ugen, and "man usb", also "man 4 usb", but no diff as such.

I guess ugen manpage failed to reflect becoming part of usb.


Tom



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